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Joseph Heitman

Active 1987–2025

315
Papers
53,470
Citations
137
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Citations

Citations per year for Joseph Heitman1984: 1 citations1988: 2 citations1989: 4 citations1990: 7 citations1991: 24 citations1992: 54 citations1993: 69 citations1994: 73 citations1995: 75 citations1996: 63 citations1997: 87 citations1998: 121 citations1999: 196 citations2000: 307 citations2001: 383 citations2002: 469 citations2003: 500 citations2004: 489 citations2005: 619 citations2006: 624 citations2007: 537 citations2008: 527 citations2009: 694 citations2010: 679 citations2011: 859 citations2012: 520 citations2013: 630 citations2014: 668 citations2015: 514 citations2016: 410 citations2017: 495 citations2018: 326 citations2019: 1,408 citations2020: 1,327 citations2021: 1,295 citations2022: 862 citations2023: 668 citations2024: 1,075 citations2025: 514 citations2026: 7 citations1985–1987: no citations, so these years are not shown

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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 4,183 citing papers, 28.8% of this breakdownChina: 1,130 citing papers, 7.8% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 897 citing papers, 6.2% of this breakdownGermany: 854 citing papers, 5.9% of this breakdownFrance: 664 citing papers, 4.6% of this breakdownCanada: 595 citing papers, 4.1% of this breakdownSpain: 500 citing papers, 3.4% of this breakdownBrazil: 383 citing papers, 2.6% of this breakdownNetherlands: 355 citing papers, 2.5% of this breakdownJapan: 347 citing papers, 2.4% of this breakdownSwitzerland: 332 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownIndia: 321 citing papers, 2.2% of this breakdown
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Fields

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology41.1%
  • Medicine37%
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences13.2%
  • Immunology and Microbiology2.6%
  • Environmental Science1.6%
  • Engineering1%
  • Other3.5%

Topics

  • Antifungal resistance and susceptibility8.1%
  • Fungal Infections and Studies7.3%
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research5.4%
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases3.7%
  • Fungal Biology and Applications2.8%
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity2.4%
  • Other70.3%

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  1. Threats Posed by the Fungal Kingdom to Humans, Wildlife, and Agriculture

    Authors: Matthew C. Fisher, Sarah J. Gurr, Christina A. Cuomo, David S. Blehert, Hailing Jin, Eva H. Stukenbrock, Jason Stajich, Regine Kahmann, Charles Boone, David W. Denning, Neil A. R. Gow, Bruce S. Klein, James W. Kronstad, Donald C. Sheppard, John W. Taylor, Gerard D. Wright, Joseph Heitman, Arturo Casadevall, Leah E. Cowen - mBio 2020 cited by 539

  2. The Paleozoic Origin of Enzymatic Lignin Decomposition Reconstructed from 31 Fungal Genomes

    Authors: Dimitrios Floudas, Manfred Binder, Robert Riley, Kerrie Barry, Robert A. Blanchette, Bernard Henrissat, Ángel T. Martı́nez, Robert Otillar, Joseph W. Spatafora, Jagjit S. Yadav, Andrea Aerts, Isabelle Benoit, Alex Boyd, Alexis Carlson, Alex Copeland, Pedro M. Coutinho, Ronald P. de Vries, Patrícia Ferreira, Keisha Findley, Brian Foster, Jill Gaskell, Dylan Glotzer, Paweł Górecki, Joseph Heitman, Cedar Hesse, Chiaki Hori, Kiyohiko Igarashi, Joel A. Jurgens, Nathan Kallen, Phil Kersten, Annegret Kohler, Ursula Kües, T. K. Arun Kumar, Alan Kuo, Kurt LaButti, Luis Larrondo, Erika Lindquist, Albee Y. Ling, Vincent Lombard, Susan Lucas, Taina Lundell, Rachael Martin, David J. McLaughlin, Ingo Morgenstern, Emanuelle Morin, Claude Murat, László G. Nagy, Matt Nolan, Robin A. Ohm, Aleksandrina Patyshakuliyeva, Antonis Rokas, Francisco J. Ruiz‐Dueñas, Grzegorz Sabat, Asaf Salamov, Masahiro Samejima, Jeremy Schmutz, Jason C. Slot, Franz J. St John, Jan Stenlid, Hui Sun, Sheng Sun, Khajamohiddin Syed, Adrian Tsang, Ad Wiebenga, Darcy F. Young, Antonio G. Pisabarro, Daniel C. Eastwood, Francis Martin, Dan Cullen, Igor V. Grigoriev, David S. Hibbett - Science 2012 cited by 1,824

  3. Targets for Cell Cycle Arrest by the Immunosuppressant Rapamycin in Yeast

    Authors: Joseph Heitman, N. Rao Movva, Michael N. Hall - Science 1991 cited by 2,036

  4. Evolution of pathogenicity and sexual reproduction in eight Candida genomes

    Authors: Geraldine Butler, Matthew D. Rasmussen, Michael Lin, Manuel A. S. Santos, Sharadha Sakthikumar, Carol A. Munro, Esther Rheinbay, Manfred Grabherr, Anja Forche, Jennifer L. Reedy, Ino Agrafioti, Martha B. Arnaud, Steven Bates, Alistair J. P. Brown, Sascha Brunke, Maria C. Costanzo, David A. Fitzpatrick, Piet W. J. de Groot, David Harris, Lois L. Hoyer, Bernhard Hube, Frans M. Klis, Chinnappa D. Kodira, Nicola Lennard, Mary E. Logue, Ronny Martin, Aaron M. Neiman, Elissavet Nikolaou, Michael A. Quail, Janet Quinn, Maria C. Santos, Florian Schmitzberger, Gavin Sherlock, Prachi Shah, Kevin A.T. Silverstein, Marek S. Skrzypek, David R. Soll, Rodney Staggs, Ian Stansfield, Michael P. H. Stumpf, Peter E. Sudbery, Thyagarajan Srikantha, Qiandong Zeng, Judith Berman, Matthew Berriman, Joseph Heitman, Neil A. R. Gow, Michael Lorenz, Bruce W. Birren, Manolis Kellis, Christina A. Cuomo - Nature 2009 cited by 1,118

  5. Dismantling the Cryptococcus coat

    Authors: Cletus A. D’Souza, Joseph Heitman - Trends in Microbiology 2001 cited by 97

  6. Fungi in the Marine Environment: Open Questions and Unsolved Problems

    Authors: Anthony S. Amend, Gaëtan Burgaud, Michael Cunliffe, Virginia P. Edgcomb, Cassandra L. Ettinger, Marcelo H. Gutiérrez, Joseph Heitman, Erik Hom, Giuseppe Ianiri, Adam C. Jones, Maiko Kagami, Kathryn T. Picard, C. Alisha Quandt, Seshagiri Raghukumar, Meritxell Riquelme, Jason Stajich, José M. Vargas-Muñiz, Allison K. Walker, Oded Yarden, Amy S. Gladfelter - mBio 2019 cited by 331

  7. The cyclophilins.

    Authors: Ping Wang, Joseph Heitman - Genome Biology 2005 cited by 597

  8. 5-fluorocytosine resistance is associated with hypermutation and alterations in capsule biosynthesis in Cryptococcus

    Authors: R. Blake Billmyre, Shelly Applen Clancey, Lucy X. Li, Tamara L. Doering, Joseph Heitman - Nature Communications 2020 cited by 115

  9. Genome-wide analysis of heat stress-stimulated transposon mobility in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus deneoformans

    Authors: Asiya Gusa, Vikas Yadav, Cullen Roth, Jonathan D. Williams, Eva Mei Shouse, Paul M. Magwene, Joseph Heitman, Sue Jinks-Robertson - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2023 cited by 57

  10. Genus-Wide Comparative Genomics of Malassezia Delineates Its Phylogeny, Physiology, and Niche Adaptation on Human Skin

    Authors: Guangxi Wu, He Zhao, Chenhao Li, Menaka Priyadarsani Rajapakse, Wing C. Wong, Jun Xu, Charles W. Saunders, Nancy L. Reeder, Raymond Reilman, Annika Scheynius, Sheng Sun, R. Blake Billmyre, Wenjun Li, Anna Floyd Averette, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, Joseph Heitman, Bart Theelen, Markus Schröder, Paola Flórez de Sessions, Geraldine Butler, Sebastian Maurer‐Stroh, Teun Boekhout, Niranjan Nagarajan, Thomas L. Dawson - PLoS Genetics 2015 cited by 275

  11. Systematic functional profiling of transcription factor networks in Cryptococcus neoformans

    Authors: Kwang‐Woo Jung, Dong‐Hoon Yang, Shinae Maeng, Kyung-Tae ‍Lee, Yee-Seul So, Joohyeon Hong, Jaeyoung Choi, Hyo-Jeong Byun, Hyelim Kim, Soohyun Bang, Min-Hee Song, Jang-Won Lee, Min Su Kim, Seoyoung Kim, Je-Hyun Ji, Goun Park, Hyojeong Kwon, Suyeon Cha, Gena Lee Meyers, Li Li Wang, Jooyoung Jang, Guilhem Janbon, Gloria Adedoyin, Taeyup Kim, Anna K. Averette, Joseph Heitman, Eunji Cheong, Yong‐Hwan Lee, Yin-Won Lee, Yong‐Sun Bahn - Nature Communications 2015 cited by 209

  12. Calcineurin in fungal virulence and drug resistance: Prospects for harnessing targeted inhibition of calcineurin for an antifungal therapeutic approach

    Authors: Praveen R. Juvvadi, Soo Chan Lee, Joseph Heitman, William J. Steinbach - Virulence 2016 cited by 182

  13. Analysis of the Genome and Transcriptome of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii Reveals Complex RNA Expression and Microevolution Leading to Virulence Attenuation

    Authors: Guilhem Janbon, Kate L. Ormerod, Damien Paulet, Edmond J. Byrnes, Vikas Yadav, Gautam Chatterjee, Nandita Mullapudi, Chung-Chau Hon, R. Blake Billmyre, François Brunel, Yong‐Sun Bahn, Weidong Chen, Yuan Chen, Eve W. L. Chow, Jean‐Yves Coppée, Anna Floyd-Averette, Claude Gaillardin, Kimberly J. Gerik, Jonathan M. Goldberg, Sara Gonzalez-Hilarion, Sharvari Gujja, Joyce L. Hamlin, Yen‐Ping Hsueh, Giuseppe Ianiri, Steven J.M. Jones, Chinnappa D. Kodira, Lukasz Kozubowski, Woei C. Lam, Marco A. Marra, Larry D. Mesner, Piotr A. Mieczkowski, Frédérique Moyrand, Kirsten Nielsen, Caroline Proux, Tristan Rossignol, Jacqueline E. Schein, Sheng Sun, Carolin Wollschlaeger, Ian Wood, Qiandong Zeng, Cécile Neuvéglise, Carol S. Newlon, John R. Perfect, Jennifer K. Lodge, Alexander Idnurm, Jason Stajich, James W. Kronstad, Kaustuv Sanyal, Joseph Heitman, James A. Fraser, Christina A. Cuomo, Fred S. Dietrich - PLoS Genetics 2014 cited by 410

  14. A metabolic enzyme for S-nitrosothiol conserved from bacteria to humans

    Authors: Limin Liu, Alfred Hausladen, Ming Zeng, Loretta G. Que, Joseph Heitman, Jonathan S. Stamler - Nature 2001 cited by 913

  15. Sexual Cycle of Cryptococcus neoformans var. grubii and Virulence of Congenic a and α Isolates

    Authors: Kirsten Nielsen, Gary M. Cox, Ping Wang, Dena L. Toffaletti, John R. Perfect, Joseph Heitman - Infection and Immunity 2003 cited by 404

  16. Disruption of Ergosterol Biosynthesis Confers Resistance to Amphotericin B inCandida lusitaniae

    Authors: Laura Y. Young, Christina M. Hull, Joseph Heitman - Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy 2003 cited by 190

  17. The evolving species concepts used for yeasts: from phenotypes and genomes to speciation networks

    Authors: Teun Boekhout, M. Catherine Aime, Dominik Begerow, Toni Gabaldón, Joseph Heitman, Martin Kemler, Kantarawee Khayhan, Marc‐André Lachance, Edward J. Louis, Sheng Sun, Duong Vu, Andrey Yurkov - Fungal Diversity 2021 cited by 76

  18. Calcineurin is required for virulence of Cryptococcus neoformans

    Authors: Audrey Odom, Scott Muir, Eric Lim, Dena L Toffaletti, John Perfect, Joseph Heitman - The EMBO Journal 1997 cited by 525

  19. Systematic functional analysis of kinases in the fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans

    Authors: Kyung-Tae ‍Lee, Yee-Seul So, Dong‐Hoon Yang, Kwang-Woo Jung, Jaeyoung Choi, Dong‐Gi Lee, Hyojeong Kwon, Juyeong Jang, Li Li Wang, Soohyun Cha, Gena Lee Meyers, Eunji Jeong, Jae-Hyung Jin, Yeonseon Lee, Joohyeon Hong, Soohyun Bang, Je-Hyun Ji, Goun Park, Hyo-Jeong Byun, Sung‐Woo Park, Young-Min Park, Gloria Adedoyin, Taeyup Kim, Anna Floyd Averette, Jong-Soon Choi, Joseph Heitman, Eunji Cheong, Yong‐Hwan Lee, Yong‐Sun Bahn - Nature Communications 2016 cited by 167

  20. Harnessing calcineurin-FK506-FKBP12 crystal structures from invasive fungal pathogens to develop antifungal agents

    Authors: Praveen R. Juvvadi, David Fox, Benjamin G. Bobay, Michael J. Hoy, S. Gobeil, Ronald A. Venters, Zanetta Chang, Jackie Lin, Anna Floyd Averette, Deborah Cole, Blake C. Barrington, Joshua D. Wheaton, Maria Ciofani, Michael Trzoss, Xiaoming Li, Soo Chan Lee, Ying‐Lien Chen, Mitchell W. Mutz, Leonard D. Spicer, Maria A. Schumacher, Joseph Heitman, William J. Steinbach - Nature Communications 2019 cited by 126

  21. Transposon mobilization in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus is mutagenic during infection and promotes drug resistance in vitro

    Authors: Asiya Gusa, Jonathan Williams, Jang-Eun Cho, Anna Floyd Averette, Sheng Sun, Eva Mei Shouse, Joseph Heitman, J. Andrew Alspaugh, Sue Jinks-Robertson - National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 2020 cited by 72

  22. Specialization of the HOG Pathway and Its Impact on Differentiation and Virulence ofCryptococcus neoformans

    Authors: Yong‐Sun Bahn, Kaihei Kojima, Gary M. Cox, Joseph Heitman - Molecular Biology of the Cell 2005 cited by 277

  23. Sex in Fungi

    Authors: Min Ni, Marianna Feretzaki, Sheng Sun, Xuying Wang, Joseph Heitman - Annual Review of Genetics 2011 cited by 363

  24. Cryptococcal Cell Morphology Affects Host Cell Interactions and Pathogenicity

    Authors: Laura H. Okagaki, Anna K. Strain, Judith N. Nielsen, Caroline Charlier, Nicholas J. Baltes, Fabrice Chrétien, Joseph Heitman, Françoise Dromer, Kirsten Nielsen - PLoS Pathogens 2010 cited by 363